Self-restoring water-stop and other waterproofing packings



Nov, 25, 1947. A; c. FISCHER 2,431,384

SELF-RESTORING WATER-STOP AND OTHER WATERPROOFING PACKINGS Original Filed June 6, 1941 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 LATEX ADHESIVE .R. ME T M s /,N l R T C M T v a L A 1 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 V INVENTOR. ALBERT c FlscHER.

ATTORNEY Nov 25, 1947- A. c. FISCHER SELF-RESTORING WATER-STOP AND OTHER WATERPROOFING PACKINGS Original Filed June 6, 1941 Patented Nov. 25, 1947 SELF-RESTORING WATER-STOP AND OTHER WATERPROOFING PACKINGS Albert C. Fischer, Chicago, 111. Original application June 6, 1941, Serial No.

Divided and this application January 26, 1945, Serial No. 574,666

This invention relates to various constructions and a method of rendering self conditioning packings made at resiliently deformable material and yieldabile to stresses of tension and compression imposed by structural members between which the packings are used. Typical of such packlngs are water=stops used at expansion joints between the meeting ends of sections of concrete and other masonry structures; also packings or caulkingused in similar situations; also anchorage for roofing and other fiashings used for water proofing the meeting lines between roofing members and masonry walls; and packings for other uses. a

This application is a division of Serial No. 396,947, filed June 6, 1941 and issued February 6, 1945, as Patent No. 2,368,650.

In my applications Serial No. 243,004, (Patent No. 2,334,183), filed Npvember 29, 1938; Serial No. 379,671, (Patent No. 2,400,493) filed February 19, 1941; and Serial No. 381,745 (Patent No. 2,374,186), filed March 1941, I have described and claimed various embodiments of water-stop expansion joints for use between two sections of monolith pavement or like masonry, in which joints the water-stop invelves the principle of bridging the space'between the sections of masonry by a body of bituminous, asphaltic or other nonperishable deformable or plastic material, the marginal portions of which said body are provided with yielding water-tight anchorages, in the respective sections of masenry by fashioning the said margins into dove-tail or other under cut wings which, in the pouring of the masonry sections, will become embedded the cement and thereafter be permanently gripped in the matrices, which the cement forms about them; expansion and contraction of the masonry being compensated for by inherent elasticity of the water-stop body and deformability of its wings, without yielding the water-tight character of the anchorage. While materials used in economical- 1y producing the bridging bodies and wings of water-stops of the kind referred to as well as other designs of packings, may be relatively nonperishable in situations where they are needed, there is, nevertheless, liability within the expected life of such packings, of deterioration of the materials of which they are made, entailing reduction in capacity to maintain water-tightness,

2 Claims. (01. 72-106) 2 unless the material of the packing is treated with a fluid that preserves it from such deterioration. Moreover, endurance of water-tightness ofsuch packings may be additionally insured at all times by the presence of an enveloping fluid of substantial viscosity in spaces between the packings and surfaces of structural members with which the packings coact.

Accordingly, one object of the present invention is to provide a method of rejuvenating packings and particularly those portions or outer strata thereof which provide the working surfaces through which the packings coact with opposed surfaces of the intended to pack by supplying to the said packings or the effective portions thereof, a conditioning fluid having the capacity of maintaining in at least such outer stratum of the packing, those physical properties that render the packings con-' tinuously appropriate to the duties they have to perform. The said method consists in housing within the cellular stratum of the packing the herein-described oily compound capable of being exuded from said cellular outer stratum whenever the packing body is subjected to pressure; periodically exercising such pressure to keep the how in enveloping relation to the outer surface of the sponge rubber stratum and thus insuring presence of the fluid upon the surface that requires conditioning and in enveloping relation to the packing.

Another object of the invention'is to produce a packing body which will serve as a vehicle for and hold in exudable form a fluid of such viscosity that it will not only maintain a desired surface condition in the packing body but will collect in spaces between the packing body and surrounding masonry and seal said spacesagainst escape of such fluid and against infiltration of moisture-that would otherwise tend to pass the water-stop of which the packing forms part; a preferred embodiment of the invention being one in which the fluid contained and exuded by the packing body is a viscous oily compound that will not mix with water, but can be absorbed by a cellular compressible packing body; and the latter, in addition to being kept in service by the rejuvenating influence of said fluid upon the material of which it is made, will also serve as a dispenser of fluid having a consistency or visstructures that they are cosity that enables it to seal spaces, cracks and openings that may exist around the packing. I have found in practical application of the invention, that among the materials suitable for use in realizing this objective is a rubberized bituminous compound, a formula for which is exemplifled by the following:

. Per cent Crude rubber or reclaimed rubber 15-20 Asphalt 210230 (Soft Point) 20-40 Asphalt 110-130 (Soft Point) 30-60 Petrolatum (or similar softener) -2 Tackifler -10 (Also cured rubber scrap may be added) 5-20 'described a spongy body of non-perishable packing material capable of absorbing fluids of various kinds. If now a body of materiaL say for instance a rubberized bituminous compound containing as one of the ingredients, say an oily compound having a degree of viscosity sufficiently low to render it susceptible to being exuded by compression of the said packing body and to be absorbed by such a sponge rubber sheet; and if said oily compound, be incorporated in an outer stratum of the aforesaid broken-cell sponge rubber sheet in position to provide, upon the rubberized bituminous packing, the working surface through which the packing coacts with confines of spaces that'are to be packed, and this working surface or stratum be subject to rejuvenation by the exudued oily compound beside passing some of its stored viscous oil to the space surrounding the packing, two identifying functions of the present invention will be realized, viz, first, supply of the exuded oily compound in treating and preservative relation to the working surface of the packing, and second, maintaining such ,viscous oily compound around the packing where it acts as a sealing fluid. In other words, the water-stop is rendered self treating and self packing. The viscous fluid may escape in some measure from the packed spaces, but not in suificient volume to choke the space between the masonry sections and prevent their intended movement under thermal expansion.

The presence of a viscous oily compound as an exuding ingredient in the rubberized bituminous packing may be insured by including the oily compound in the original hot mix of the constituent ingredients of the packing. When the packing body has been so mixed and permitted to cool and bring the heeling or preserving and sealing fluidcharge to a state of a cold flow plastic, the packing is ready for use. The material of the packing body will not be soluble in or otherwise deteriorated by the exuded conditioning and sealing fluid. The latter is a selected compound of oily consistency in the nature of a hot pouring rubbery adhesive expansion and contraction joint material such as is commonly poured into spaces between cement pavement sections to form a seal against infiltration of water. It will soften at from 185 to 205 F. and fuse in the conventional asphalt-melting kettle when uniformly heated to around 428 F. and is adhesive to the faces of masonry on cooling to atmospheric temperature. It must be proof against cracking or spalling under'deformation at low atmospheric temperatures. This material taken as a base may have its fluidity determined at will by the addition of more fluent ingredients.

I The porous outer stratum of the body provides the working surface of the packing and will best be constructed of sponge rubber having ruptured cells and preferably sponge rubber of the type produced by a foaming process. It may also be desirable to use in this connection Thiokol, neoprene and other types of synthetic rubber which are resistant to the solvent action of oils. Caulking, and packing strips having outer surfaces of oil resisting synthetic rubbers are particularly desirable in packing the floors of garages and other buildings where machine oils are prevalent on the floors.

Sponge rubber with ruptured cells, as used for the outer strata of packings, while being an elastically compressible and extensible substance is not immune to permeation of moisture. 0n the contrary, this type of rubber is used for holding water in the process of applying the water for cleansing purposes. Accordingl I prefer to fill, with water-proof material, as far as possible, the pores of the outer stratum of the body or any other part of the water-stop that is not used to perform the fundamental function of this invention, namely, dispensing the conditioning and sealing fluid to the water tight anchorages and other spaces and surfaces.

An outer stratum of sponge rubber with ruptured cell-walls having its pores filled with a cold flow plastic, is not limited to use in the wings of the water-stop; on the contrary, the same conditions may be set up in the bridging body of the water-stop, and availed of to conduct the conditioning and crack-sealing fluid to any space that develops between any part of the waterstop and the expansion joint core members. A rubberized bituminous packin body having a cold flow fluid-filledbody and porous working surfaces may be used for the expansion joint core member itself and the exuded viscous fluid permitted to spread into any spaces that develop between the said core and other elements of the joint and even between the core and the faces of masonry between which the core lies.

Cellulosic or fibrous containers may be used for packings. Such packings will be treated or untreated according to whether oil penetration would deteriorate the constituent fibers of the porous structure. Treatment of these fibers should be with preservatives, for instance insecticidal or antiseptics, to render non-perishable packings made therefrom. In such instances, the function of treating and maintaining the desired physical properties of the outer stratum of the packing body by the exuded fluid, would consist mainly of keeping said fibers coated and spaces between them filled by the viscou material.

Treatment of the outer stratum of the packing may not only extend to the material from which said outer stratum is made but to the structure of the packing as made. Such treat- .ment may involve use of various materials. Not

ing surfaces of the packing.

There are certain types of rubber which resist penetration, but are not suitable for use for infiltration of viscous oily compounds. The present invention contemplates impregnation of porous outer strata. of packing bodies, with filling fluid which not only will not adversely affect the material of such porous container, but on the contrary will act as a restorer of physical condition of the working surfaces of said container.

Preferably the rubberized asphaltic body which is inherently compressible, is also resilient to cause it to expand when released from compression, The exuding ingredient, unlike that of saturated felt which is non-flowing and cannot be exuded, consists of a cold flow plastic that a will flow sluggishly from the pores of the external stratumunder pressure. I have found that the container outer stratum of the packing body herein contemplated can be satisfactorily pro duced from foamed latex, or foamed sponge-rubbers and rubbers otherwise specially treated to develop and open cellular structure therein; although artificial rubbers of spongy texture are most suitable for the purpose because they react less to or deteriorate less under the materials exuded as the rejuvenating and sealing fluid. I do not wish to be limited in the type'of non-perishable compressible cellular material so long as it will meet the conditions here enumerated.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a vertical transverse section through portions of the meeting ends of two paving sections with an intervening water-stop expansion joint both the water-stop element of which and the upper or tread portion of the expansion joint core are understood to be made of rubberized asphaltic material having an outer stratum of cellular material such as sponge-rubber admitting impregnation with cold flow fluid in accordance with this invention.

Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1, embodying the same water-stop but a modified expansion joint core comprising cellulosic or matted fibrous material.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view showing a modification of Fig. 1 according to which the water-stop has its bridging portion deflected vertically so as to merge integrally with the tread section of the expansion joint core and by taking on a bifurcated form, greatly increasing horizontal resiliency of the water-stop.

Fig. 4 is a sectional detail view of a filled sponge-rubber coated anchoring strip for a water-proofing flashing or similar structural device.

Fig, 5 is a transverse section, on an enlarged scale, of a fluid carrying bar having a cellular coating or outer stratum made of foamed latex and constituting an expansion joint core, caulking or other packing embodying the present invention.

Fig. 6 is a transverse section of an enlarged scale of a fluid filled rubberized bituminous or other plastic body of a packing or caulking strip in accordance with the present invention, constructed with a surrounding outer stratum of sponge rubber through which the filling may be exuded to rejuvenate the working faces provided by said stratum and seal any spaces occurring between the strip and structural surfaces which oppose it in use.

Fig. 7 is a view similar to Fig. 6 in which a body of rubberized bituminous material is surrounded by an outer stratum of sealing material maintained by exuding such material from the interior of the body into said stratum under pressure exerted upon the body. v

Fig. 8 is a sectional view of a metal flashing strip anchored in a packing strip composed of a fluid fllled plastic body having a sponge-rubber outer stratum.

Fig. 9 is a sectional view showing the device of Fig. 8 embodied in water-stop relation to a rooflng structure and a cement wall.

Fig. 10 is a sectional view showing the flashing structure of Fig. 8 embodied in a building unit of masonry type.

Referring to Fig. 1, A, B represent portions of two sections of masonry for instance a pavement; I represents th upper or tread portion of an expansion joint core, made of a rubberized asphaltic, bituminous or other plastic body having a cold flow fluid composed of oily ingredients, contained in a porous or cellular outer stratum capable of exuding said fluid under compression of said body; 2 represents the lower portion of the expansion joint core that may be made of any of the substances commonly used for such purpose, but in the present instance, for purpose of illustration, made of cellulosic material such as fibers, matted, felted, or otherwise compacted into a form appropriate to the purpose it is serving. Said core portion 2 may contain, if desired, a cold flow filler of oily fluid, or be free from such filler; and 3, l represent a water-stop introduced between the expansion joint core sections.

Said water-stop is illustrated as-being made of a body of rubberized bituminous material surrounded by a porous or cellular outer stratum.

4X and comprising a bridge bar 3, spanning the space between the masonry sections A, B and having integral anchoring wings 4 embedded Watertight, in matrices 5 in cement, caused to be formed around said wings by presenting the wings in appropriate positions to be enveloped by concrete when said sections A, B are poured. The water-stop wings 4, and preferably the bridging body 3 as well when under pressure are made to give up conditioning and sealing fluid from their outer strata of sponge rubber 6K in the form of ,cold flow viscous oily compound having the capacity of rejuvenating the working surfaces of the packing rubber; also delivering such compound gradually through the pores of said outer strata to the spaces around the water-stop; the pressure exerted being, for instance, that resulting from narrowing of the space between the masonry sections under thermal expansion of said sections; or compression exerted upon the anchoring wings by contraction of the masonry sections under a drop in temperature and consequent tension imposedupon the water-stop that draws the anchoring wings it toward and wedges them into constricted portions of their matrices; and the effect oi pressure being to enforce exuding of the flller of the body, through the outer strata 6X of the water-stop members and the performing of the dual function of rejuvenating said outer strata, 4X and supplying an envelope around the sam that will seal, water-tight, any cracks or spaces between portions of the water-stop and faces of the masonry to which said portions are opposed.

Exuding of reconditioning and sealing fluid is not limited to rubberized bituminous or other mastic packing bodies. A flller made of cellulosic or fibrous packings such as shown at 2 in the lower portion of Fig. 1, and at I a, 2a, above and below the water-stop in Fig. 2 may function in the same way and furnish its own porous outer stratum. Moreover the use of rubberized bituminous or asphaltic material for production of the body portions of the water-stops, cores, caulking or other packings contemplated herein is merely illustrative and may be substituted by any nonperishable material or form-retaining mass integrity capable of serving as a packing and as an exuding vehicle for the rejuvenating viscous cold flow liquid herein described.

As shown in Fig. 3, the water-stop anchoring wing 4 made of fluid yielding mastic with porous jacket may be connected by a deflected body member 3b of similar composition extending upwardly and merging integrally with the similarly constituted tread portion lb of the expansion joint core. The portions 3b, 4 of this structure of Fig. 3, may be of plastic oil filled plastics having sponge-rubber jacket 3m: and 41:1: functioning as described in connection with the parts 1,3 and 4 of Fig. 1. The lower portion 2b of the expansion joint core of said Fig, 3 may correspond in structure, filling and function, to the lower portion 2 of Fig. 1 and both portions la and 2a of Fig. 2. The bifurcated forms of the combined water-stop 3b, 4, and tread section lb with their porous jackets 41:1 and 3bcc in Fig. 3 lend increased horizontal resiliency to that structure under expansion and contraction of the masonry section. Compression under thermal expansion of the masonry sections is a columnal function involving one anchoring wing 4, one leg 6 of the bifurcated core, the intruded fibrous flange l of the lower 'core member, the other leg 6 and the other wing 4. Hence, exuding pressure is received by all the parts notwithstanding the complexity of the structure.

According to Fig. 4, an anchoring strip 8 made of oil filled mastic with outer stratum 8a: of sponge-rubber, may have the characteristic dovetailed section enabling it to be firmly embedded in concrete and when so embedded it may serve as a self-preserving water-tight anchorage for various adjunctive devices.

As disclosed in Fig. 5, the packing 9, such as those described herein, for instance expansion joint core, filler strips, caulking, etc., may have an outer stratum 9.1 made of foamed latex.

As suggested in Fig. 6, a fluid filled packing strip 10 may have its working faces 10a, 10b, IOc, lUd, made of a stratum IOX of sponge rubber or other cellular structure into and through which the rejuvenating and joint sealing oil may be. exuded.

According to Fig. 7, the interior ll of the packing, filler bar, expansion joint core or calking, may be made of adhesive material such as rubberized bituminous material surrounded by a substantial wall I! of porous material impregnated with such adhesive.

Figs. 8, 9 and 10 suggest uses for the self preserving water-tight anchoring strip 8, with its porous stratum 8.1:, namely, for mounting a flashing strip l3 (Fig. 8) adapted to be embedded in a concrete wall [4 and overlie an adjacent roof 15 (Fig. 9) or to be conveniently shortened into lengths 8a suitable for embedding in masonry blocks Ila appropriate for manipulation and introduction into a masonry wall and presenting the flashing l3b in convenient position for use.

The several disclosures herein selected for iflustration of my invention are to be taken as mere typ s of application rather than limitation of use to which the invention may be put.

Iclaim: V

1, A masonry joint'sealing composition having a softening point from 185 F. to 205 F. comprising about 15 to 20% rubber, 20 to 40% asphalt having a softening point from 210 to 230 F.,

to 60% asphalt having a softening point from to R, up to 2% petrolatum, and 5 to 10% tackifier.

2. A masonry joint sealing composition having a softening point from F. to 205 F. comprising about 15 to 20% rubber; 50 to 100% asphalt having a softening point from 110 to 230 R, up

to 2% petrolatum, and 5 to 10 tackifier.

ALBERT C. FISCHER.

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